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BENJAMIN WILSON (b.c. 1667)
ANN UNKNOWN (c. 1632–1692)
Benjamin Wilson probably died about 1667. He married Ann Unknown. [1]
Ann Unknown was born about 1632. She died on 21 July 1692, age near 60, in Charlestown. [2] She married second George Conoway on 3 April 1671 in Charlestown. [1][2]
Ann was a member of the First Church in Charlestown; her husband apparently was not.
Inventory was taken on Benjamin's estate on 9 January 1666[/7?]. [3]
Savage says he was a mariner; the court recorded that he died at sea when administration was granted to his widow Ann on 17 December 1677. [4]
Children of Benjamin and Ann Wilson:
i. Anna Wilson was born on 1 July 1655 in Charlestown. [2]
ii. Benjamin Wilson was born on 6 October 1657 in Charlestown. [2] He apparently died young.
iii. Benjamin Wilson was born on 4 June 1659 in Charlestown. [2] He apparently died young.
His birth record says his mother's name was Elizabeth, probably an error.
iv. Benjamin Wilson was born on 15 April 1664 in Charlestown. [2] He was baptized there on 1 May 1664. [5] He died there on 20 June 1664. [2]
v. Jeremiah Wilson was born on 26 October 1665 in Charlestown. He was baptized there on 22[!] October 1665. He died on 22 March 1743, age 76, in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He married Hannah Unknown.
vi. Nathaniel Wilson (possible son) died in 1733. [1] He married Thankful Beamon (Beamont, Beaumont) on 27 September 1683 in Charlestown. [1][2] She is possibly the daughter of Gamaliel Beaman, born in 1663 in Lancaster. [6]
Endnotes:
1. "New England Marriages to 1700," digitized books, AmericanAncestors, originally published as Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015).
1: 274 CANNOWAY, George & Anna WILSON (-1692, ae 58); 3 Apr 1671; Charlestown {Charlestown 175}
3: 1689 WILSON, Benjamin (-1667) & Ann/Anna ____ (1634-1692), m/2 George CANNOWAY 1671; by 1655; Charlestown {Charlestown 175, 1038; EIHC 18:173; Reg. 89:180; Sv. 4:582}
3: 1691 WILSON, Nathaniel (-1733) & Thankful BEAMONT/BEAMAN/ BEAUMONT (1663-1732); 27 Sep 1683; Charlestown {Charlestown 71, 1038; Beaman 24; Chamberlain (1908-10) 123}
2. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts: "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1620–1850," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > Charlestown.
17 Anna Wilson, dau. of Benjamin Wilson & Anna his wife, b. July 1, 1655.
17 Benjamin Wilson, son of Benjamin Wilson & Anna his wife, b. Oct. 6, 1657.
21 Benjam. Wilson, [son] of Benjamin & Elizab., b. 04-04-[16]59.
47 Beniamine, son of Benia. & Anna [Hannah, Co. Rec. 3: 59] Willson, b. in Charlstown, Apr. 15, 1664.
48 Beniam., son of Beniam. & Ann Willson, d. in Charlstown, June 20, 1664.
53 Jerimiah, son of Beniam. & Anna Willson, b. in Charlstown, Oct. 26, 1665.
77 George Conoway & Anna Willson, widow, m. by Mr. Richard Russell, Magist., Apr. 3, 1671.
119 Nathaniel Wilson & Thankful Beaman, m. by James Russell, Asst., Sept. 27, 1683.
153 Anna Conaway, widow, near 60, d. July 21, 1692.
3. "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648–1871," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, case 25117.
4. James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, 4 vols., (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1862), vol. 4: 582.
5. "Record-Book of the First Church in Charlestown," New England Historical and Genealogical Register
25 (1871): 343: 1664 1 3 [Benjamin] the son of sister Willson & Benjamin her hus.
25 (1871): 344: 1665 22 8. (Jeremiah) the son of our sister ^ (Ann) & Benjamin Wilson.
6. Henry S. Nourse, The Earliest Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643–1725 (Lancaster: J. Coulter, 1884), 259.
Last revised: 20-Dec-2023